Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane weather: Rain bomb stretching 3,000km about to strike Australia: Here's how wet it's going to get in your city
Flood-weary residents are holding their breath amid warnings a cloud band stretching the length of Australia could dump even more rain across New South Wales.
NSW, Victoria and SA have been hit with a blast of icy winter weather this week as the north of the country experiences warmer temperatures and widespread rain.
NSW is still reeling from devastating floods that hit coastal communities last week, with the new downpours fortunately focused on Queensland, the NT and WA.
Australia's outback has already seen massive flooding this year with temporary inland seas isolating townships from the rest of the country.
Satellite images show the new cloud band stretching 3,600km from WA's Kimberley region, across central Australia and to the Queensland and NSW border.
The weather system has already dumped record-breaking rainfall over some WA and NT regions with more than 100mm falling in areas that usually see less than 20mm throughout May. The rain is expected to move east to Queensland by the weekend.
Broome this week received 100.6mm of rain in 24 hours - the heaviest May daily rainfall in 20 years - while nearby Kalumburu was drenched with 111.6mm and Wyndham with 54.8mm, which were both new May records.
In the NT, records were also broken with Tindal receiving 179.8mm - the average May daily rainfall is 2mm - and Rabbit Flat 77.6mm. Alice Springs was also soaked with 40.4mm, which is the heaviest May rainfall daily total since 1993.
Local residents are seen cleaning up debris in Taree after the catastrophic floods
Sydney
Friday: Min 11 Max 20 Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 20 per cent.
Saturday: Min 12 Max 20 Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 20 per cent.
Sunday: Min 10 Max 20 Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Brisbane
Friday: Min 15 Max 21 Shower or two. Possible rainfall: 0 to 6 mm. Chance of any rain: 70 per cent.
Saturday: Min 15 Max 22 Rain. Possible rainfall: 1 to 15 mm. Chance of any rain: 80 per cent.
Sunday: Min 15 Max 24 Possible shower. Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm. Chance of any rain: 40 per cent.
Melbourne
Friday: Min 10 Max 16 Shower or two. Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm. Chance of any rain: 50 per cent.
Saturday: Min 9 Max 16 Cloudy. Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm. Chance of any rain: 30 per cent.
Sunday: Min 6 Max 17 Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Adelaide
Friday: Min 9 Max 18 Cloud clearing. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Saturday: Min 6 Max 19 Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Sunday: Min 8 Max 20 Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Perth
Friday: Min 13 Max 23 Showers. Storm. Possible rainfall: 6 to 20 mm. Chance of any rain: 95 per cent.
Saturday: Min 14 Max 22 Showers. Possible rainfall: 2 to 9 mm. Chance of any rain: 90 per cent.
Sunday: Min 12 Max 22 Shower or two. Possible rainfall: 0 to 2 mm. Chance of any rain: 50 per cent.
Canberra
Friday: Min -1 Max 18 Morning frost. Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Saturday: Min 2 Max 17 Cloud clearing. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Sunday: Min 0 Max 17 Morning frost. Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Hobart
Friday: Min 8 Max 15 Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Saturday: Min 7 Max 15 Cloudy. Chance of any rain: 20 per cent.
Sunday: Min 6 Max 16 Partly cloudy. Chance of any rain: 10 per cent.
Darwin
Saturday: Min 22 Max 31 Mostly sunny. Chance of any rain: 5 per cent.
Sunday: Min 22 Max 31 Sunny. Chance of any rain: 5 per cent.
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